So, I watched I, Robot. . . You, Jane today, and even though it was never one of my favorite episodes, it made me all sniffly. What got me was that final conversation where they were talking about how they'd never have normal relationships, and it was so true. None of them ever did. Buffy had vampire, super-soldier, vampire. Xander, after various demon detours got Cordy who, although human when she dated Xander, later became a half-demon and then evil. If you count Willow, then he got powerful witch (who also eventually went evil) and then on-again/off-again demon Anya. Willow got Oz(werewolf), Tara(witch) and finally Kennedy(slayer). Not a normal SO in the lot of them. Poor kids.

Demon parts would have been redundant for Sunnydale!Cordy.

Not a normal SO in the lot of them. Poor kids.

Well, maybe that's not a bad thing. It's like how smart people tend to like other smart people. I don't know that I would have been able to take the drama/danger. Of course, I've never been one to date people that I work with :)

I don't know. I was much happier with R***y when he was just kinda cute, psychology grad student geek. And Xander and Willow were initially just "normal" kids who stepped up to the plate. I guess I'm using "normal" to mean neither demonic nor superpowered, not really "normal" to mean "average". I wouldn't want to see any of my kids with Joe Schmo.

I wouldn't want to see any of my kids with Joe Schmo.

I don't think that it would work with Joe Schmo. Okay, maybe Xander and Joe, but I would think that their partners would need to understand the need to fight the good fight. It would have to be someone that they could tell about what was happening, who wouldn't call the police when Xander comes home covered in blood.

Oh, I totally agree. But that doesn't preclude them being with just a normal (non-demon/super-powered) person. I think in essence we are saying the same thing. The kids need to be with someone who's worthy of them, someone capable of accepting and supporting what they do. But that doesn't preclude that person from being completely "normal" in that they are neither a demon nor a demon fighter.

That line at the end of the episode just made me sad because I knew all of the angsty relationship turmoil to come for all of them.

The kids need to be with someone who's worthy of them, someone capable of accepting and supporting what they do. But that doesn't preclude that person from being completely "normal" in that they are neither a demon nor a demon fighter.

Well, the SO would have to be special in some ways. At minimum, recognizing that they're going to have to deal with life with a -- new-style Watcher? And the SO could participate in less-front line ways, much like S7 Andrew doing the cooking.

In a lot of ways, it would be like being married to a police officer. Except the unexpected could be a lot more weird.

Similar, but I would think that it would seep into the rest of your life more. It was unusual that Angelus went after Buffy, Willow and Giles in their own homes, but there's a degree of "always on-duty" in being a Scooby.

Not that unusual. Darla, Kralik, Faith, and Dracula all tried to get at Buffy through her mom, and Harmony through Dawn. Though proper information and a judicious invitation policy would've helped in several of those instances.

BTW, last night's GG was an ME-alum fest -- written by Jane Espenson, directed by Marita Grabiak and including Danny Strong as "Doyle".

It was also a good one -- Jane E. writes good GG.